If you’ve visited your local home and garden store in the last few weeks, you likely noticed that the seasonal aisle is stocked full of BBQs, patio furniture and oh-so-fabulous backyard lounge chairs. Tempting as it is to toss out the old stuff that’s been sitting in your garage all winter – or worse, taking…
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Important Calendar Reminders Every Parent Should Have
Important Calendar Reminders Every Parent Should Have…March 12th marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time – the day we welcome a much needed extra hour of sunlight after a long, dark and dreary winter! For many, this extra hour of sun, along with the warming temperatures, means that more time is spent outdoors, making it…
Power Play For The Holidays #PowerImagination
This Power Play For The Holidays #PowerImagination post is close to my heart because I didn’t share something with you last year. Last year, during the week of Christmas, we were one of the many families with a child admitted in a children’s hospital. Each year, thousands of children and their families spend time in Canadian…
Microsoft Hour of Code
If your kids love Minecraft like mine do…then take note of Microsoft Hour of Code. Microsoft is hosting youth coding events across Canada during Computer Science Education Week in support of Hour of Code, a global initiative led by Code.org. These events (in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver) are free and super fun. Microsoft Hour of Code Microsoft…
Capital One Canada: What Kind Of Leader Are You?
Capital One Canada: What Kind Of Leader Are You? Recently, I found out I’m a socially conscious leader according to an online Leadership Quiz I took at the Capital One Canada booth at the Enactus World Cup. And I think this is spot on…it’s not only the type of leader I am…but the kind of…
5 Tips For A Holiday Fresh Home
I love the holidays. I don’t love holiday stink. Burnt cookies (I do that). Blah blankets (because they’ve been put away all year). Musty holiday decorations (they’ve been in the basement all year). Read these 5 Tips For A Holiday Fresh Home to get your home guest-ready and smelling like Christmas for the holidays… 5 Tips…
BookJane: On Demand Care
Introducing BookJane: On Demand Care an app matching qualified caregivers for your senior parents or young children. This is caregiving 2.0 that takes your search for a caregiver to a digital platform which is easy. The keywords you want to note here are: mobile, vetted, filtered. About BookJane BookJane is a caregiving app that provides…
Contour Next Powered by Accuracy 16 Reasons Contest
Hockey fans and families living with diabetes – this is a gem of an experience for you. Enter for a chance to meet Max Domi with this Contour Next Powered by Accuracy 16 Reasons Contest. This is a #NextLevel opportunity! Why 16? Max’s jersey number is 16, in homage to Bobby Clarke, his idol and a…
Leadership, Capital One Canada, and the Enactus World Cup
Let me tell you about Leadership, Capital One Canada and the Enactus World Cup. Because this will inspire you with good leadership skills, good financial education, and good in the world around us… Firstly, let me tell you about Enactus Team Canada (Canadian university students from Memorial University who created a pretty amazing program). You…
Easy Home Decorations: Fall Decor Ideas
You can make these Easy Home Decorations: Fall Decor Ideas by yourself as a creative outlet or do it with your kids as a fun boredom buster. Frugal and fabulous these Fall decor ideas will bring Autumn into your home… Easy Home Decorations: Fall Decor Ideas Fall Leaves. Go for a walk (good family outing) and…
Home Projects with Ryobi
These Home Projects with Ryobi are for your DIY-ers (and those who have friends who are weekend warriors of home renos). Home Projects with Ryobi The back deck. Depending on the size of the deck you want…this is a few-weekends-in-a-row project. You’ll want to dig holes, secure posts in cement, and cut boards to the…
Microsoft Canada #CodeGeneration
Have kids who love computers? Then, you need to read the deets about Microsoft Canada #CodeGeneration. Microsoft Canada is celebrating Computer Science Education Week (Dec 7 to 13) with FREE online coding challenges, in-store “Hour of Code” sessions and a partnership with Code.org offering students and educators a Minecraft coding tutorial, Microsoft is showing students…